Cap



Feb;20,1923. 1,446,411

' w.o. BERMAN CAP Filed May 51, 1921 Wall 21am @Eermam INVENTORfederated Felix. ld dh i t rr a 1 '2 l "are t me o Cit-.19.

Application filed. May 31,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l. WVILLIAM O. EERMAN, acitizen of the United States, residing;- at Camden, in the county ofCamden and State of New soy, have invented new and useful lmproveinentsin Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to headrrear or corering and more particularly tocans for wear by men and boys the object being to provide a neat andartistic piece of headwear.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cap of the type referredto which is devoid of all snap fasteners hooks and eyes or otherattaching means whereby the frontal portion of the cap is connected tothe peak thereof.

Still further the invention aims to provide a new or improved cap whichcan be compactly folded or rolled up for transportation, whilst at thesame time it readily responds to its normal finished appearance whenunrolled or unwrapped for wear.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consistsessentially in attaching the frontal portion of a cap to the peak orvizor thereof whereby considerable economy is effected in the amount ofmaterial used.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying}; drawings constituting a part of this specification and inwhich like characters of reference designate the same or correspondingparts in both the views:

Figure 1 is a side view of a cap embodying one form of my invention, therighthand portion of said figure being broken away or in section for thesake of clearness; and,

Figure 2 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of the invention.

in the drawings the numeral 10 designates a cap which may be made of anysuitable material such as cloth or the like, said cap being fitted withthe usual leather or similar head -band 11 conveniently sewn therein bylines of stitching 12. In the form of the invention shown in Figure 1 itis to be carefully noted that the frontal part of the cap 13 is foldedin at 14: to lie over the reinforcement 15 and that it is carried backto the headband and turned over at 16 to constitute an outlay 17 on theunderside of the reinforcement 15, the frontal edge being 1921. SerialNo. 473,622.

marginal edge as indicated by the numeral 19. It also to be noted thatthe str 1 52 is carried througghthe inlay 'e i ment 15 and outlay 1"? asindicated by the. numeral 20. Thus it will be seen that the frontal partof the cap is attached all around the peripheral edge of the visorwhereby the necessity for a snap fastener or other at taching meansbetween the inlay and the vizor proper is done away with.

.in the modified. form of the invention it is'to be noted. that thefrontal part 13 of the cap 10 is folded over on the underside of thereinforcement 15 only, and that it is attached. thereto around theperipheral edge by a line of stitching 19, as well as a series of curvedlines of stitching 21. In this form of the invention it will be notedthat there is a considerable saving in material effected, whilst at thesame time due to the flexibility of the reinforcement 15, the cap can bereadily folded up or crushed without in any way marring or damaging; itsappearance.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that by my invention 1 haveprovided an exceedingly attractive and novel form of cap for wear by menand boys, and I wish it clearly understood. that I do not in any wayrestrict myself either as regards the pattern or materials employed inthe manufacture of my improved cap, but consider myself at liberty tomake such changes or variations as fairly fall within the scope of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A cap for headwear comprising a crown having aforwardly protruding frontal portion which is turned in and foldeddownwardly and forwardly upon itself to constitute a visor, said visorbeing formed with an angularly upturned inner edge, a sweatband securedto the inner lower edge of the crown and to said angularly lip-turnedinner edge of the visor portion. a reinforcement within the folded-overvisor portion, stitching around the front edge of the visor portionwhereby the folded-in portion thereof and reinforcement are securelyconnected to the lower front edge of the crown. and stitchin around thesaid angularly upturned inner edge of the visor portion whereby the saidvisor and the reinforcement therein are securely connected to the loweredge of the sweat-bend.

2. Av can for heedweer comprising a crown having; a forwardly protrudingfrontal portion which is turned in and folded downwardly and forwardlyupon itself to constitute a vieor said visor being formed with enangular-1y lip-turned inner edge a sweatbend secured to the inner loweredge of the crown and said engolerly rip-turned inner edge oi the vigorporti n. a reinforcement with n the foldetbover 1r portion, stitchthefrontal edge of the visor l @1011 where the folded-in portion there oiand the J nforeenient therein are ee- 'E'oldedin portion of i i ieii 1curely connected to the lower front edge of the crown stitching aroundthe angulerlytin-turned inner edge of the visor portion whereby thefolded-in portion of said 'ieor and the reinforcement therein aresecurely connected to the lower edge of the sweetband, and a series ofsubstantially parallel curvilinear stitohings bet-ween the frontal edgestitching and the inner upturned edge stitching on the visor portionwhereby the folded-over visor portions-and the reinforcement therein aresecurely quilted together.

In testimony whereof I. iii-fix my signature.

WILLIAM o. BERMAN.

